question for you guys, or Petco

Ok, so what I would like for you guys to do is this, Can anyone Identify this fish, and a price that is average for it. I will update this section later with Petco's smart employee of the month.

 

Regal tang, $30-$40

Make sure you quarantine the fish before adding it to your tank!!!! I cannot stress that enough. Idiot employees=diseased fish. If I had a nickel for every fish deathco killed and ever tank they infested from their lack of proper maint. on their tanks and fish health. Its not called deathco for no reason.

 

Ok, so the whole reason that I posted this was...... cause the idiot at petco said that he was 100% positive that fish was a damsel. So I paid 4.29 after tax on it. Of course it is in quarentine. but i just couldn't pass up a royal blue tang for under 5 bucks.

 

Isnt ignorance devine? I see petco leaving the salt water business soon, so stock up on the great deals. I think Im going to pay petco a visit.;D

 

You can't beat that.. These stores that have employees that are clueless make it miserable for beginners. Thankfully I found a honest person, now a friend that owns a fishstore, strictly saltwater.

 

I bought a 6" toadstool for the price of a 2", cause there was only one tag that said toadstool, hahahahaha...


When did people start calling them royal blue tangs? They are not royal blue in color. Ive always seen them as hippo or regal.


good score anyways!

 

Yes but you vote with Cash.

Petco will continue to kill fish and coral for as long as people are willing to buy from them

 

I think the that saltwater is on the way out at the one here. They no longer have corals. Last I went there was back when they had the tank sale, all the lights were off on the salt displays and the coral setup was forsale.

I just cant get over the fact they sold these 2 college girls a 12g nano, then 2 weeks later sold them a regal tang. They already had 4 fish in the 12g. I was talking aquariums with a buddy of mine when they over heard us, they started asking questions. Needless to say, everything died cause deathco was out to make a buck when the employees knew nothing about saltwater and told them they could keep a regal in a 12g.

 

their not leaving saltwater behind any time soon.they now carry corals online and some at the stores.i saw a medium size purple toadstool for $50 that was under a regular 20watt light all closed up lol.they really need to research what they get into before jumping in.

 

I've always gone with the name Hippo Tang!!! For the price of a damsel fish...whatever it is you got a steal!!!
Petco...what else can I say!!!!
good luck with your pick up!